February 05, 2015, 5:52PM

Sen. Ron Wyden has asked federal energy regulators to provide him with information on the methods and models used to evaluate public safety hazards from potential chemical leaks at the proposed Jordan Cove Energy Project in Coos Bay. Full story »

January 16, 2015, 5:00AM

In their public comments, two scientists conclude that Jordan Cove's hazard modeling provides inadequate safety exclusion zones due to the ballooning size of LNG facilities in general, and export facilities in particular due to their use of other chemicals – specifically propane and ethylene – to purify and refrigerate natural gas. Full story »

January 06, 2015, 6:01PM

The proposed Jordan Cove Energy Project, shown in this artist's depiction, would include a natural gas liquefaction, storage and shipping facility (left) as well as the 420-megawatt South Dunes Power Plant (right) on the North Spit of Coos Bay. The entire project, including a 232-mile feeder pipeline, is expected to cost some $7.5 billion. At center is a wood chip...

November 18, 2014, 6:20AM

A proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in Coos Bay could quickly become one of the largest, if not the largest emitter, of greenhouse gases in Oregon, federal data shows. Jordan Cove Energy Project is seeking state permission to release 2.1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide and equivalents annually, equal to 3 percent of the state's greenhouse emissions during 2013. Full story »

November 07, 2014, 6:00PM

Federal energy regulators have concluded that there are limited environmental and public safety impacts from the construction and operation of a proposed liquefied natural gas export terminal in Coos Bay, and they could be mitigated to less than significant levels. Full story »

November 07, 2014, 10:45AM

The construction and operation of a proposed liquefied natural gas export terminal in Coos Bay would result in limited adverse environmental and public safety impacts that could be reduced to less than significant levels with proposed mitigation measures, according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Full story »

August 28, 2014, 6:58AM

The Pacific Connector Pipeline would stretch halfway across the state, from a gas hub in Malin, southeast of Klamath Falls, to feed the proposed Jordan Cove Energy Project in Coos Bay. Along its 230-mile path, contractors would clear-cut public and private forests, tunnel under hundreds of rivers and streams and plow across more than 400 parcels of privately owned land. Full story »

August 20, 2014, 2:59PM

The recently completed Ruby Pipeline, which runs from Wyoming to a gas hub in Malin, Ore., provides some sense of the rights of way required for construction of the proposed Pacific Connector pipe.(Courtesy of Kinder Morgan)

August 20, 2014, 2:59PM

Bill Gow stands on a platform at his ranch southeast of Roseburg that he built for his childrens' weddings. Gow is hoping to block Pacific Connector Pipeline's plans to carve a two-mile path through the ranch, which would impact 21 acres.

August 20, 2014, 2:59PM

Merrill-area property owner Katherine Clark points to a field on her property where she says developers of the Pacific Connector plan to bury a pressurized natural gas pipeline. (Alex Powers/Herald and News)

July 25, 2014, 4:33PM

A decade after Oregon LNG first proposed building a liquefied natural gas terminal near the mouth of the Columbia River in Warrenton, the project remains stuck in legal quicksand, with the latest round of legal filings this week . Full story »

June 30, 2014, 12:35PM

The Oregonian ran a story this past weekend looking at the risks a large earthquake and resulting tsunami would pose at the proposed Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas terminal in Coos Bay. The newspaper spoke with Jordan Cove officials, industry experts, regulators and scientists, and reviewed the company's own hazard assessments. In case you missed it, here are five takeaways. Full story »